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Documents printed by order of the General Assembly of North Carolina at its session of ...[1844; 1845]

G9 .
COMMITTEES.
39. Six standing commiitees shall be appoinletl at the com-mencement
of tlie session, viz. A conainitlee on claims^ a com-mittee
on propositions and grievances; a committee on education,-
a cnmmittee on agriculture; a committee on internal improve-ment;
and a committee on privileges and elections. Each of said
committees shall c^nsist of eleven members, one from each
Electoral district, to be appointed by the members frcni the
counties composing said district. In addition to the above stand-ing
committees, the Speaker shall appoint anothcrj two members
fromeach Judicial Circuit, to be denominated the committee on
private bills.
40. A select standing committee consisting of nine members,
shall be appointed at the commencement of the session by the
Speaker, and be denominated *'the committee on the Judiciary.'*
41. Select committees shall consist of five members. It shall be
the duty of the person first named on any committee to cause
the members of the committee to convene when necessary, and
>yhcn so convened, they shall appoint some one of their number
chairman.
42. In forming a committee of the whole House, the Speaker
shall leave his chair, and a chairman to preside in committee
shall be appointed by the Speaker.
43. Upon bills committed to a committee of the whole House,
the bill shall be first read throughout by the clerk, and then a-gain
read and debated by sections, leaving the preamble to be last
considered; the body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlin-ed;
but all amendments, noting the page and line, shall be duly
entered by the elerk on a separate paper, as the same shall be a-greed
to by the committee, and so reported to the House. After
report, the bill shall again be subject to be debated and amended
by sections, before a question on its passage be taken.
44. All questions, whether in committee, or in the House,
shall be propounded in the order in which they Avere moved, ex-cept
that in filling up blanks, the largest sum and longest time
shall be fir;t put.
4o. The rules of proceeding in the House shall be observed in
a committee of the whole House, so far as they may be appli-cable,
except the rule limiting the times of speaking.
46. In a, committee of the whole House, amotion thstt ^M^ eom-
10 I,

G9 .
COMMITTEES.
39. Six standing commiitees shall be appoinletl at the com-mencement
of tlie session, viz. A conainitlee on claims^ a com-mittee
on propositions and grievances; a committee on education,-
a cnmmittee on agriculture; a committee on internal improve-ment;
and a committee on privileges and elections. Each of said
committees shall c^nsist of eleven members, one from each
Electoral district, to be appointed by the members frcni the
counties composing said district. In addition to the above stand-ing
committees, the Speaker shall appoint anothcrj two members
fromeach Judicial Circuit, to be denominated the committee on
private bills.
40. A select standing committee consisting of nine members,
shall be appointed at the commencement of the session by the
Speaker, and be denominated *'the committee on the Judiciary.'*
41. Select committees shall consist of five members. It shall be
the duty of the person first named on any committee to cause
the members of the committee to convene when necessary, and
>yhcn so convened, they shall appoint some one of their number
chairman.
42. In forming a committee of the whole House, the Speaker
shall leave his chair, and a chairman to preside in committee
shall be appointed by the Speaker.
43. Upon bills committed to a committee of the whole House,
the bill shall be first read throughout by the clerk, and then a-gain
read and debated by sections, leaving the preamble to be last
considered; the body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlin-ed;
but all amendments, noting the page and line, shall be duly
entered by the elerk on a separate paper, as the same shall be a-greed
to by the committee, and so reported to the House. After
report, the bill shall again be subject to be debated and amended
by sections, before a question on its passage be taken.
44. All questions, whether in committee, or in the House,
shall be propounded in the order in which they Avere moved, ex-cept
that in filling up blanks, the largest sum and longest time
shall be fir;t put.
4o. The rules of proceeding in the House shall be observed in
a committee of the whole House, so far as they may be appli-cable,
except the rule limiting the times of speaking.
46. In a, committee of the whole House, amotion thstt ^M^ eom-
10 I,